Me.Bikes.Dogs
04-28-2011, 08:23 AM
Hi All,
I pulled the interior cover off my A/C unit today just to take a look at what is behind all that plastic. Glad I did. I discovered three of the four anchor bolts that go from the interior plate to the unit on the roof weren't doing a thing. They had loosened a 1/4 to 1/2 inch or so. Those four bolts are what anchor the A/C unit to the roof. Without them I'd have a sunroof instead of an A/C unit. I haven't had any water leakage or A/C problems but I was glad I discovered this now before anything bad happened.
On another note, has anyone come up with an A/C filter improvement? My unit has a thin cell-foam filter (about 6x14 inches). Being a fulltimer with 2 dogs the thing gets dirty in a hurry (which is good). Because it's an open-cell foam filter I worry about what it isn't catching that is getting to the coils and over time will reduce it's efficiency. Anybody improve on this?
I pulled the interior cover off my A/C unit today just to take a look at what is behind all that plastic. Glad I did. I discovered three of the four anchor bolts that go from the interior plate to the unit on the roof weren't doing a thing. They had loosened a 1/4 to 1/2 inch or so. Those four bolts are what anchor the A/C unit to the roof. Without them I'd have a sunroof instead of an A/C unit. I haven't had any water leakage or A/C problems but I was glad I discovered this now before anything bad happened.
On another note, has anyone come up with an A/C filter improvement? My unit has a thin cell-foam filter (about 6x14 inches). Being a fulltimer with 2 dogs the thing gets dirty in a hurry (which is good). Because it's an open-cell foam filter I worry about what it isn't catching that is getting to the coils and over time will reduce it's efficiency. Anybody improve on this?